Horseshoe.



L. B., A. P. S. A. SCHRADER.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I9. 1916.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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LEE IB. SCI-IRADER, OF SHELBYVILLE, AND ADOLPH l. SCHRADER, OFEV.!%L\TSV'I]'.|LE,V INDIANA, AND SAMUEL A. SCHRADER, OF SAPULPA,OKLAHOMA.

HORSESHOE.

Application filed May 19, 1916.

To ,all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LEE B. SCHRADER, ADOLPHP. SCHRADER, and SAMUEL A. SCHRADEP., citizens of the United States, andresiding at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana;Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, andSapulpa, in the county of Creek and State of Oklahoma, respectively,have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which thefollowing' is a specification.

This invention relates to horse shoes and more particularly to thatclass of such devices known in the art as the soft tread type horse shoewherein resilient means are provided to cushion the shock to the hoofwhen striking a hard surface and has for its primary object theprovision of ashoe of the character set forth with means wherebyl thesame may be easily fastened in place upon the hoof in combination with aresilient pad rmly held in place upon the shoe to form an eective anddurable cushioning medium.

A further object of the invention is to construct a shoe of the typedescribed wherein the cushioning pad is adapted to present a treadsurface and a hoof engaging surface held in place by an intermediatemetallic plate.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will from time to timehereinafter appear this invention consists in the peculiar constructionand combination of the various elements of a soft tread horse shoe asdescribed in the following specification and more particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred formof the inven tion and in which the same numerals of reference indicatethe same parts wherever used, Figure 1 is a side view of the deviceapplied to a horses hoof. Fig. 2 is a section Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. f6, 191'?.

serial No. 98,525.

through the shoe and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the shoe.

4L designates a sheet of metal of suitable thickness provided with aplurality of integral tangs 5 extending from the body portion7 whichbody portion has a plurality of apertures G therein for a purposehereinafter set forth. Each of the tangs 5 has an aperture 7 near theouter end thereof.

Above and below the metal plate 4 and through the apertures 6 is moldeda block of rubber or rubber composition 8 forming a relatively thinsheet 9 upon the upper side of the plate L having extensions 10 passingthrough the apertures 6 and integral with a thick tread portion ll.

Above the rubber 9 is a sheet 13 of suitable fabric or leather adaptedto Contact with the hoof and protect the same.

When it is desired to attach the shoe to a hoof the tangs 5 are bentupwardly around the hoof to conform to the contour thereof and fastenedin place by means of screws 14 through the holes 7, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2.

Due to the molding of the rubber 8 above and below the plate f-lconnected by the rubber extensions l0 extending through the apertures 6of the plate 4 a durable construction is obtained which eectively holdsthe rubber tread in place.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely dierent embodiments of our invention could be made,without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

lVhat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A horseshoe comprising, in combination, a sheet metal supporting plate of asize adapted to extend to the edge of the hoof and provided with aplurality of apertures, a series of tangs cut from said plate and eX-tending radially from the edge thereof and having apertures therein, aresilient pad molded above and below said plate and through theapertures thereof to form a cushion portion above and a tread portionbelow the same, the said tangs being free from Contact with the moldedmaterial and being adapted to be bent up around the hoof to support theshoe thereon, and a layer of protecting material between the hoof andthe molded material.

tures in presence of two witnesses.

LEE B. SCHRADER. ADOLPH P. SCHRADER. SAMUEL A. SCHRADER. lVitnesses forLee B. Schrader:

ARY H. OLDHAM, DAVID L. WILSON. Witnesses for Adolph P. Schrader:

J. WV. BARNHLLL, D. LOGAN ERNST. Witnesses for Samuel A. Schrader:

H. D. MTGHELL, W. B. FRANTZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

